gericom laptop and dual system problem

I do believe there is something wrong with my new laptop PC.I just
cannot manage to get two systems all at once on it.What I mean is that
windows woeks fine and linux does too,as long as there is only one
system present on the HDD.Every time I try to install a second one (on a
different partition) just after booting manager (lilo or grub) finishes
its job everything crashes.Same thing every time.After reboot I can see
a few first letters of the boot manager (for example LI..or GRU..) and
that is it.Windows won't start as well.However if I do the same thing
with the HDD removed from the laptop and connect it to my desktop using
miniIDE to IDE connector everything works just fine.But the point is
that I believe it has something to do with the computer itself...just
don't know which part of it screws things up...Thanks in advance for any
sugestions.

Maybe the BIOS does not detect the drive correctly after it is partitioned. It might make a difference if the second partition is primary or extended.

Ragnarokamp wrote:
>
> I do believe there is something wrong with my new laptop PC.I just
> cannot manage to get two systems all at once on it.What I mean is that
> windows woeks fine and linux does too,as long as there is only one
> system present on the HDD.Every time I try to install a second one (on a
> different partition) just after booting manager (lilo or grub) finishes
> its job everything crashes.Same thing every time.After reboot I can see
> a few first letters of the boot manager (for example LI..or GRU..) and
> that is it.Windows won't start as well.However if I do the same thing
> with the HDD removed from the laptop and connect it to my desktop using
> miniIDE to IDE connector everything works just fine.But the point is
> that I believe it has something to do with the computer itself...just
> don't know which part of it screws things up...Thanks in advance for any
> sugestions.

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Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.